Biometrics appointment for the USC spouse?

[Miss Accountant 6]

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm wondering if someone who has already done the removal of conditions process can clarify something for me. I'm a USC and my husband came here on the K-1 visa and is currently a permanent resident. It's time for him to remove conditions, so we are working on form I-751 and the supporting documents. 

 

I noticed in Part 8 of the form, page 8, it indicates that I, as the spouse, will have an appointment to provide fingerprints, photographs, and my signature. This sounds like the biometrics appointments that my husband has had to do before. I knew that he was going to have another biometrics appointment during the removal of conditions, but I didn't know that I would have one as well. Am I understanding the form correctly? 

 

Also, it's my understanding that we only pay the $85 biometrics fee for the petitioner. We don't need to include an additional $85 for me as well, do we?

 

Thank you so much!

[Roel 7,192]

US spouse does not need biometrics and no fee. 

[Miss Accountant 6]

Thanks Roel! I hadn't heard about the US spouse needing to do biometrics before, but that part of the form threw me off. 

 

Best$!

[Pitaya 2,577]

Years ago in the dark days after 9/11, there was some banter by some agency/department in the Federal Government (perhaps DHS?)  to get biometrics on everybody in the country. The ACLU and other organizations went apoplectic over that idea. It was quietly abandoned. To the best of my knowledge is it not yet a USCIS requirement for USCs. However It is a bit ironic, that in today's employment world of employee vetting and background checks, submitting biometrics is often a requirement for employment. I know that as a health care professional, I was required to submit my biometrics as a condition of State licensure. As a consequence, it is in essence, a fait accompli. I, personally, don't care for the idea, but I am stuck with it.

 

YMMV

 

[AstroCanada 206]

I've read that in some rare conditions they may ask the USC spouse to do biometrics, but I don't know that I've ever seen any posts about it here.

[Mollie09 1,543]

It's a common misreading of the instructions, the applicant for the I-751 is the immigrant, not the spouse.